US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Dec. 30 for "Systems and methods for managing the temperature of an aftertreatment system" (Illinois, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,011, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Systems and methods for managing the temperature of an aftertreatment system" was invented by David T. Montgomery (Edelstein, Ill.) and Jeff A. Howard (West Lafayette, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aftertreatment temperature management system includes: an engine operative to combust a fuel; an aftertreatment system including an oxidation catalyst and operative to receive exhaust produced by the engine; a heat exchanger coupled to the aftertreatment system and operative to exchange heat between exhaust downstream of the oxidation catalyst and exhaust up...